Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pad \Pad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Padded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Padding}.]
   1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.

   2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as,
      to pad cloth. --Ure.

Padding \Pad"ding\, n.
   1. The act or process of making a pad or of inserting
      stuffing.

   2. The material with which anything is padded.

   3. Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book,
      essay, etc. --London Sat. Rev.

   4. (Calico Printing) The uniform impregnation of cloth with a
      mordant.

Source : WordNet®

padding
     n : artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to
         fill or give shape or protect or add comfort [syn: {cushioning}]

pad
     v 1: add details to [syn: {embroider}, {lard}, {embellish}, {aggrandize},
           {aggrandise}, {blow up}, {dramatize}, {dramatise}]
     2: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;
        "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn: {slog},
         {footslog}, {plod}, {trudge}, {tramp}]
     3: line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra" [syn: {fill
        out}]
     4: add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair" [syn: {bolster}]
     [also: {padding}, {padded}]

pad
     n 1: a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
          [syn: {pad of paper}, {tablet}]
     2: the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water
        lily)
     3: a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to
        transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp [syn: {inkpad}, {inking
        pad}, {stamp pad}]
     4: a usually thin flat mass of padding
     5: a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
        [syn: {launching pad}, {launchpad}, {launch pad}, {launch
        area}]
     6: temporary living quarters [syn: {diggings}, {digs}, {domiciliation},
         {lodgings}]
     7: the foot or fleshy cushion-like underside of the toes of an
        animal
     [also: {padding}, {padded}]

padding
     See {pad}